How to Finish Crochet Blankets

It’s been a big week here with our Paper Plane Party and a school disco on top of the usual after school routines. But each evening I’ve looked forward to sitting and working a little more on my rainbow crochet blanket. I decided to go with very simple, but I’m already thinking about whether to add an edging once it is finished.

So I’ve been looking at edging tutorials to finish my crochet blanket and just had to share them with you. All of these include tutorials to make them.

I think the hardest questions when the time comes for my edging won’t be the design, but what colour? My blanket will be a rainbow so what will I edge it in? Oh, well, plenty of time to think about that!

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now, this had me wishing I paid attention to my dad when he was teaching me how to crochet and knit! thanks for this fab tutorial. I am totally pinning and stumbling this. I can’t wait to see what you have for this week!

Am making an afghan based on a pattern called Corner Granny Afghan where you begin with a granny square then work “granny” rows in different color bands along only two sides of the piece. Since the bands are different colors, how do I sc an edge around the finished piece without “interrupting” the color pattern (especially along the bottom edge where the granny square begins the afghan) or having to end off each color & attach a different color yarn to sc the edging on each color band? IDK if my question makes sense so I guess what I’m asking is how to finish the edges of a piece with several colors? What color edging did you finally decide to use on your rainbow afghan?

I think you could create a “frame” all the way around in a single colour – perhaps your favourite from the blanket – to finish it off. If you try to incorporate all the colours it is going to be very tricky and time-consuming.

I didn’t end up doing any edge around my blanket, but I did see one by another reader who did a couple of rows all the way around the outside in each colour from the blanket, creating a rainbow border.

The corner granny design sounds lovely – I’ll have to add that to my “ToDo” list!

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Tonya is the voice behind The Crafty Mummy. She dabbles in lots of different crafts – patchwork, quilting, cross-stitch, scrapbooking, knitting, crochet and sewing. This is the record of projects she has done, and the projects she dreams of getting to! Read More…

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